after getting a lead about this tunnel from a colleague at work about this tunnel from the banks of the wear.
got told 200m in it branches into 3 tunnels and was used to transport sandstone from nearby penshaw mines
down to awaiting ships on the river wear for transport.
so packed up my gear and went to find this tunnel. after 30 mins found the adit squeeze in before i knew my head was banging wit bad air. but i carried on with this exploration. any way here is some pics.
10m in
looking back to adit
the worst bit this gutted me about 50m in
thanks for looking just a real shame this exploration had to end this way after such a good lead
got told 200m in it branches into 3 tunnels and was used to transport sandstone from nearby penshaw mines
down to awaiting ships on the river wear for transport.
so packed up my gear and went to find this tunnel. after 30 mins found the adit squeeze in before i knew my head was banging wit bad air. but i carried on with this exploration. any way here is some pics.
10m in
looking back to adit
the worst bit this gutted me about 50m in
thanks for looking just a real shame this exploration had to end this way after such a good lead